2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	13–22 (4–14 WCC)
Head coach	Ed Schilling (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Scott Rigot; Tyus Edney; Josh Calbert; Mike Doig; Jeremy Grubbs;
Home arena	Firestone Fieldhouse
	Seasons ← 2023–24 2025–26 →

2024–25 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 24 Saint Mary's	17	–	1	.944	29	–	6	.829
No. 23 Gonzaga †	14	–	4	.778	26	–	9	.743
San Francisco	13	–	5	.722	25	–	10	.714
Santa Clara	12	–	6	.667	21	–	13	.618
Oregon State	10	–	8	.556	20	–	13	.606
Washington State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Loyola Marymount	8	–	10	.444	17	–	15	.531
Portland	7	–	11	.389	12	–	20	.375
Pepperdine	4	–	14	.222	13	–	22	.371
Pacific	4	–	14	.222	9	–	24	.273
San Diego	2	–	16	.111	6	–	27	.182

† 2025 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves, led by first year head coach Ed Schilling, played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Waves finished the 2023–24 season 13–20, 5–11 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Pacific in the first round, before losing to San Diego in the second round.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Houston Mallette	0	G	6'5"	185	Junior	Alameda, CA	Transferred to Alabama^[1]
Michael Ajayi	1	G/F	6'7"	220	Junior	Kent, WA	Transferred to Gonzaga^[2]
Jalen Pitre	2	F	6'8"	220	Sophomore	Long Beach, CA	Transferred to Sacramento State
Malik Moore	3	G	6'5"	190	Sophomore	Ventura, CA	Transferred to Montana^[3]
Paul Jordan	10	F	6'6"	200	Sophomore	Glen Cove, NY	Walk-on; not return
Cord Stansberry	13	G	6'3"	180	Freshman	Long Beach, CA	Transferred to Western Carolina^[4]
Jevon Porter	14	F	6'11"	225	Sophomore	Columbia, MO	Transferred to Loyola Marymount
Ethan Anderson	20	G	6'0"	215	GS Senior	Los Angeles, CA	Graduated
Nils Cooper	21	G	6'5"	180	Freshman	Los Angeles, CA	Transferred to UC Davis
Curtis Williams	23	G/F	6'6"	180	Freshman	Beaumont, CA	Transferred to Northwest Florida State College
John Squire	24	F	6'8"	220	Freshman	Sausalito, CA	Not on team roster
Martin Gumwel	34	C	6'11"	230	Freshman	Temecula, CA	Not on team roster
Aladji Gassama	35	F/C	6'9"	215	Sophomore	Bamako, Mali	Transferred to Drury^[5]

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Aaron Clark	3	G	6'6"	195	Sophomore	Easton, PA	Wake Forest
Alonso Faure	4	F	6'10"	230	GS Senior	Busot, Spain	Loyola (MD)
Moe Odum	5	G	6'1"	160	Junior	New York, NY	Pacific
Stefan Todorovic	7	F	6'8"	190	Senior	Belgrade, Serbia	San Francisco
Zion Bethea	8	G	6'4"	205	Senior	South Orange, NJ	Delaware
Javon Cooley	23	G	6'5'	205	GS Senior	Chicago, IL	Marist
Alex Leiba	24	C	6'10"	245	GS Senior	Old Bridge, NJ	Penn State Harrisburg

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Taj Au-Duke PG	Portland, OR	Cali Prep Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A	May 22, 2024
Taj Au-Duke PG	Recruit ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: (NR)
Overall recruit ranking: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Pepperdine Waves 2024 Basketball Commitments". Rivals. "2024 Pepperdine Waves Basketball Commits". Scout. "ESPN 2024 Pepperdine Waves Basketball recruits". ESPN. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.

Roster

2024–25 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	1	David Mager (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	RS So	Dwight-Englewood School	Englewood, NJ
G	2	Stevie Prudholme (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Oaks Christian School	Malibu, CA
G	3	Aaron Clark	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Brewster Academy Wake Forest	Easton, PA
F	4	Alonso Faure	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	GS	IES Fuente San Luis Loyola (MD)	Busot, Spain
G	5	Moe Odum	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	West Oaks Academy (FL) Pacific	New York, NY
F	7	Stefan Todorovic	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Prolific Prep San Francisco	Belgrade, Serbia
G	8	Zion Bethea	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS Sr	Immaculate Conception HS Delaware	South Orange, NJ
G	9	Taj Au-Duke	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Cali Prep Academy	Scarborough, ON
G	10	Jaxon Olvera (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Golden State Prep	Houston, TX
F	12	Boubacar Coulibaly	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Sr	San Gabriel Academy USC	Bamako, Mali
G/F	13	Dovydas Butka	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	BC Žalgiris	Panevėžys, Lithuania
G/F	23	Javon Cooley	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	GS	St. Rita HS Marist	Chicago, IL
C	24	Alex Leiba	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	GS	St. John Vianney HS Penn State Harrisburg	Old Bridge, NJ
F	35	Danilo Dozic (W)	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Ivanka Gajic JL Bourg U21	Belgrade, Serbia
G	40	Isaac Pratt (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	—	Fr	North Central HS	Pasadena, CA
G	42	Isaiah Dean (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	Fr	Woodside Priory School	San Francisco, CA

Head coach

Ed Schilling (Miami (OH))

Assistant coach(es)

Mark Cline (Wake Forest)
Tyus Edney (UCLA)
Josh Calbert
Mike Doig (Clearwater Christian College)
Jeremy Grubbs (Robert Morris)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Lincoln (CA)	W 128-67		–	–	–	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
Non conference regular season
November 6, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Illinois	W 77–64	1–0	25 – Todorivic	10 – Butka	8 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (801) Malibu, CA
November 9, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC San Diego	L 76–94	1–1	33 – Todorivic	7 – Tied	7 – Odum	LionTree Arena (3,688) San Diego, CA
November 16, 2024* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UC Irvine	L 62–80	1–2	17 – Todorovic	6 – Tied	8 – Odum	Bren Events Center (2,123) Irvine, CA
November 20, 2024* 7:00 p.m., MW Network		at UNLV	L 59–80	1–3	19 – Todorovic	8 – Butka	5 – Odum	Thomas & Mack Center (4,544) Paradise, NV
November 22, 2024* 5:00 p.m., B1G+		at Northwestern Arizona Tip-Off campus site game	L 50–68	1–4	11 – Olvera	7 – Tied	5 – Odum	Welsh–Ryan Arena (5,853) Evanston, IL
November 26, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Cal State Fullerton	L 63–72	1–5	16 – Todorovic	9 – Todorovic	5 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (462) Malibu, CA
November 29, 2024* 12:30 p.m.		vs. New Mexico State Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division semifinals	W 82–70	2–5	22 – Todorovic	9 – Coulibaly	9 – Odum	Mullett Arena (814) Tempe, AZ
November 30, 2024* 1:30 p.m.		vs. Weber State Arizona Tip-Off Desert Division championships	L 53–68	2–6	17 – Coulibaly	11 – Coulibaly	7 – Odum	Mullett Arena (924) Tempe, AZ
December 4, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Life Pacific	W 119–57	3–6	16 – Tied	10 – Faure	9 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (456) Malibu, CA
December 7, 2024* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Grambling State	W 85–57	4–6	22 – Todorovic	13 – Butka	9 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (366) Malibu, CA
December 14, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Northern Arizona	W 86–76	5–6	22 – Coulibaly	6 – Todorovic	8 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (575) Malibu, CA
December 19, 2024* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Long Beach State	L 76–79	5–7	32 – Todorovic	11 – Tied	11 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (389) Malibu, CA
December 21, 2024* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		UC Davis	W 85–46	6–7	18 – Butka	10 – Butka	5 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (503) Malibu, CA
WCC regular season
December 28, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara	L 80–91	6–8 (0–1)	25 – Todorovic	10 – Coulibaly	9 – Odum	Leavey Center (1,133) Santa Clara, CA
December 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 19 Gonzaga	L 82–89	6–9 (0–2)	27 – Olvera	8 – Tied	8 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (1,506) Malibu, CA
January 2, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Mary's	L 41–71	6–10 (0–3)	14 – Odum	6 – Tied	4 – Coulibaly	University Credit Union Pavilion (3,391) Moraga, CA
January 4, 2025 4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Pacific	W 87–70	7–10 (1–3)	29 – Todorovic	8 – Coulibaly	11 – Odum	Alex G. Spanos Center (1,158) Stockton, CA
January 16, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Francisco	L 63–80	7–11 (1–4)	17 – Coulibaly	7 – Todorovic	4 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (248) Malibu, CA
January 18, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Saint Mary's	L 50–74	7–12 (1–5)	16 – Todorovic	6 – Todorovic	4 – Tied	Firestone Fieldhouse (632) Malibu, CA
January 23, 2025 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Oregon State	L 63–83	7–13 (1–6)	19 – Todorovic	9 – Coulibaly	11 – Odum	Gill Coliseum (3,530) Corvallis, OR
January 25, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Pacific	W 60–44	8–13 (2–6)	14 – Todorovic	10 – Todorovic	5 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (430) Malibu, CA
January 30, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at San Diego	W 98–90	9–13 (3–6)	26 – Bethea	8 – Todorovic	9 – Odum	Jenny Craig Pavilion (821) San Diego, CA
February 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Portland	L 64–84	9–14 (3–7)	16 – Butka	12 – Butka	3 – Olvera	Firestone Fieldhouse (385) Malibu, CA
February 8, 2025 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Washington State	L 86–87	9–15 (3–8)	30 – Todorovic	8 – Coulibaly	11 – Odum	Beasley Coliseum (3,957) Pullman, WA
February 11, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola Marymount Game rescheduled due to Los Angeles wildfires.^[6]	L 60–69	9–16 (3–9)	17 – Todorovic	10 – Coulibaly	8 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (320) Malibu, CA
February 13, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		San Diego	W 88–81	10–16 (4–9)	24 – Todorovic	10 – Coulibaly	8 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (710) Malibu, CA
February 15, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Gonzaga	L 55–107	10–17 (4–10)	12 – Dozic	8 – Faure	7 – Odum	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
February 20, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Oregon State	L 78–84	10–18 (4–11)	20 – Coulibaly	11 – Coulibaly	7 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (565) Malibu, CA
February 22, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Loyola Marymount	L 82–93	10–19 (4–12)	26 – Odum	11 – Butka	6 – Odum	Gersten Pavilion (1,173) Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland	L 67–87	10–20 (4–13)	18 – Butka	7 – Todorovic	8 – Odum	Chiles Center (1,006) Portland, OR
March 1, 2025 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Washington State	L 83–90	10–21 (4–14)	22 – Bethea	9 – Butka	11 – Odum	Firestone Fieldhouse (808) Malibu, CA
WCC tournament
March 7, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(9)	vs. (8) Portland Second round	W 86–73	11–21	31 – Odum	11 – Coulibaly	11 – Odum	Orleans Arena (1,200) Paradise, NV
March 8, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	(9)	vs. (5) Oregon State Third round	W 77–73	12–21	34 – Todorovic	6 – Bethea	10 – Odum	Orleans Arena (2,722) Paradise, NV
March 9, 2025 5:30 p.m., ESPN2	(9)	vs. (4) Santa Clara Quarterfinal	W 78–76	13–21	19 – Odum	6 – Tied	13 – Odum	Orleans Arena (2,523) Paradise, NV
March 10, 2025 6:00 p.m., ESPN	(9)	vs. (1) No. 19 Saint Mary's Semifinal	L 59–74	13–22	19 – Odum	6 – Coulibaly	3 – Odum	Orleans Arena (4,650) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source^[7]

References

^ Kelly, Nick (March 19, 2024). "Alabama basketball lands Houston Mallette via transfer portal ahead of NCAA Tournament". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ Borzello, Jeff (March 26, 2024). "Michael Ajayi transferring from Pepperdine to Gonzaga". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ Gogola, Frank (April 8, 2024). "Montana Grizzlies receive commitment from Pepperdine transfer Malik Moore". Missoulian. Retrieved September 30, 2024. (subscription required)
^ "Cord Stansberry transfers to Catamounts". USbasket.com. April 8, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ "Drury University men's basketball adds 6-8 transfer from Pepperdine for 2024-25 season". Springfield News-Leader. August 14, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.
^ "Men's Basketball Rescheduled Date". Pepperdine Athletics. Retrieved January 17, 2025.
^ "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". pepperdinewaves.com.

[1] Kelly, Nick (March 19, 2024). "Alabama basketball lands Houston Mallette via transfer portal ahead of NCAA Tournament". The Tuscaloosa News. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[2] Borzello, Jeff (March 26, 2024). "Michael Ajayi transferring from Pepperdine to Gonzaga". ESPN. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[3] Gogola, Frank (April 8, 2024). "Montana Grizzlies receive commitment from Pepperdine transfer Malik Moore". Missoulian. Retrieved September 30, 2024. (subscription required)

[4] "Cord Stansberry transfers to Catamounts". USbasket.com. April 8, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[5] "Drury University men's basketball adds 6-8 transfer from Pepperdine for 2024-25 season". Springfield News-Leader. August 14, 2024. Retrieved September 30, 2024.

[6] "Men's Basketball Rescheduled Date". Pepperdine Athletics. Retrieved January 17, 2025.

[7] "2024–25 Men's Basketball Schedule". pepperdinewaves.com.

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